Ange Postecoglou knows what’s coming but he’s not for turning.
The Aussie is aware there will be a clamour for caution; a plea for pragmatism the next time the Champions League music mingles with the disco lights at Celtic Park. Four games in and a single point gained, from their next opponents Shakhtar Donetsk, is not the kind of return Postecoglou and his followers wanted or anticipated.
He knows if you miss chance after chance at this elite level, it will come back to bite you. Celtic ’s style of play is not the issue here. It’s their inability to put the ball in the back of the net that is. Losing to Real Madrid is one thing but the back-to-back defeats from RB Leipzig - the second of which had an air of inevitability from the moment the second half started on Tuesday night - have been bruising. But anyone who thinks this manager is going to hide in a corner licking his wounds before sending his men out to play cat and mouse with the Ukrainians in a fortnight, in the hope of nicking a 1-0 win that will keep Europa League dreams alive, hasn’t been paying attention.
